30 So Jacob named the place [a]Peniel, for he said, “(A)I have seen God face to face, yet my [b]life has been [c]spared.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:30 I.e., the face of God
  2. Genesis 32:30 Lit soul
  3. Genesis 32:30 Lit saved

30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[a] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,(A) and yet my life was spared.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.

20 He further said, “You cannot see My face, (A)for mankind shall not see Me and live!”

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20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see(A) me and live.”

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21 Now the angel of the Lord did not appear to Manoah or his wife again. (A)Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord. 22 So Manoah said to his wife, “(B)We will certainly die, for we have seen God.”

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21 When the angel of the Lord did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized(A) that it was the angel of the Lord.

22 “We are doomed(B) to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen(C) God!”

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